Fee Rate Advisory #5 for Fiscal Year 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Washington, D.C., March 11, 2009 — President Barack Obama is expected to sign today H.R. 1105, the appropriations bill that includes funding for the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, effective March 16, 2009, the Section 6(b) fee rate applicable to the registration of securities, the Section 13(e) fee rate applicable to the repurchase of securities, and the Section 14(g) fee rate applicable to proxy solicitations and statements in corporate control transactions will increase to $55.80 per million dollars. The Section 6(b) rate is also the rate used to calculate the fees payable with the Annual Notice of Securities Sold Pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

All filings submitted to the SEC before 5:30 p.m., ET, and filings pursuant to Rule 462(b) (17 C.F.R. 230.462(b)) submitted to the SEC before 10:00 p.m., ET, on March 13, 2009, will be subject to the current fee rate of $39.30 per million dollars. Rule 462(b) filings submitted after 10:00 p.m., ET, and all other filings submitted after 5:30 p.m., ET, on March 13, 2009, shall be deemed filed as of the next business day, March 16, 2009, under Section 232.13 of Regulation S-T (17 C.F.R. 232.13), and be subject to the new fee rate of $55.80 per million dollars.

Filers with questions about the new Section 6(b), Section 13(e), or Section 14(g) fee rates should call the SEC at (202) 551-8900.

In addition, effective April 10, 2009, the Section 31 fee rate applicable to securities transactions on the exchanges and over-the-counter markets will increase to $25.70 per million dollars. Until that date, the current rate of $5.60 per million dollars will remain in effect. The Section 31 assessment on security futures transactions will remain unchanged at $0.0042 per round turn transaction.

The Office of Interpretation and Guidance in the Commission's Division of Trading and Markets is available for questions on Section 31 at (202) 551-5777, or by e-mail at tradingandmarkets@sec.gov.

Under the Investor and Capital Markets Fee Relief Act, the Commission is required to adjust the filing and securities transaction fee rates on an annual basis to levels the SEC estimates will generate collections equal to numeric targets set in the statute. A copy of the Commission's May 2, 2008, order regarding fee rates under Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 13(e), 14(g), and 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for fiscal year 2009 is available at http://www.sec.gov/rules/other/2008/33-8916.pdf. Also, the Commission is required to determine each year whether a mid-year adjustment to securities transaction fee rates is necessary. A copy of the Commission's February 27, 2009 order regarding the mid-year fee adjustment under Section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for fiscal year 2009 is available at http://www.sec.gov/rules/other/2009/34-59477.pdf.

The adjusted fee rates will not affect the amount of funding available to the Commission. The Commission will announce the new fee rates for fiscal year 2010 no later than April 30, 2009. These fee rates will become effective Oct. 1, 2009, or after the Commission's fiscal year 2010 appropriation is enacted, whichever is later.